Posted by Larry Hoover on November 8, 2004, at 10:25:43
In reply to Re: can't stop thinking -Larry H. help?, posted by lorilu on November 7, 2004, at 23:46:29
> All I know is my new prescription is Adderal XR 10 mg, but I will start at 5 mg. for a week. I do not know if Adderal and Provigil are the same med, but I've been reading that some people take as much as 600 mg. of Provigil a day so maybe this is a legal way of taking more of the drug. I am pretty sure my pdoc would have told me they were the same drug. Maybe Larry Hoover can answer this question?
Absolutely not the same drug. Adderal is mixed amphetamine salts. Provigil is modafinil, which promotes alertness, but via a very different mechanism. They're not even totally sure what Provigil does in the brain, as it affects parts of the brain not previously associated with the action of stimulants.
They're apples and oranges. There's no way to compare them, apart from how well they might or might not work for you.
Lar
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